Magical realism and haunting mysticism cloud the circumstances surrounding the death of Lady Winslow, a New Orleans woman of mixed racial background who passes for white in the Vermont resort where she teaches music and plays ragtime
at the beginning of the book you might feel a litle bit lost... but, while you move foward the story starts taking shape. Finally someone has achieved what i though it would be almost imposible, the writer gave a sound, color and shape to melancholy. I don't wanna give any spoiler, but what i can say is that the characters, the places, the sound, the emotions are so amazing that you feel when the story changes, but not lost, just embraced you at one point where you can't put this book down until it finish, you might think that the book could have another ending, but it's the final note from the wonderfull song that is played during the whole book.
Me llamó la atención la temática de la novela, así como el espacio y el tiempo en el que se desarrolla. Lastimosamente, desde el inicio, el relato es aburrido, lento, poco creativo. El relato es forzado. Parece ser que el autor no conoce el contexto ni la cultura de sus personajes.